History of Meteorology
Meteorology was studied and taught as part of Chemistry, Natural Philosophy and Natural History at Edinburgh University throughout the nineteenth century and for the first half of the twentieth century. James Paton was appointed the first Lecturer in Meteorology within the Department of Natural Philosophy in 1944, where he had been a Lecturer since 1928. The first undergraduate couse in Meteorology of any British university was instituted the following year, followed by a short Honours level course in Atmospheric Physics. James Paton was the first Head of Department when the Department of Meteorology was created in 1964. |
Weather Precipitation
There are 3 basic types of precipitation in Weather:
1) Rain --> Rain forms when separate drops of water fall to the Earth's surface from clouds.
2) Snow --> Snow is precipitation in the form of crystalline water ice, consisting of a multitude of snowflakes.
3) Hail --> Hail is a type of graupel, a form of precipitation, composed of spears or irregular lumps of ice.
+Thunderstorms which is a powerful and quick rainfall.
--> A thunderstorm, or an electrical storm, is a form of weather characterized by the presence of lightning and its attendant thunder. |
Forecasting The Weather
There are several different methods that can be used to create a forecast. The method a forecaster chooses depends upon the experience of the forecaster, the amount of information available to the forecaster, the level of difficulty that the forecast situation presents, and the degree of accuracy or confidence needed in the forecast.
The first of these methods is the Persistence Method; the simplest way of producing a forecast. The persistence method assumes that the conditions at the time of the forecast will not change. For example, if it is sunny and 87 degrees today, the persistence method predicts that it will be sunny and 87 degrees tomorrow. If two inches of rain fell today, the persistence method would predict two inches of rain for tomorrow.
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All in all... Weather is...
Weather comprises all the various phenomena that occur in the atmosphere of a planet. "Weather" is normally taken to mean the activity of these phenomena over short periods of time, usually no more than a few days in length. Average weather conditions over significantly longer periods is known as climate, which is studied by climatologists for signs of climate change.
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